Sector Expert: Heiko Ihle

Heiko Ihle joined H.C. Wainwright in March 2014 as a managing director for equity research, covering companies in the mining industry. Prior to joining H.C. Wainwright, Ihle spent 2.5 years at Euro Pacific Capital as a senior research analyst covering the mining industry. In addition, he spent over six years working on equity research with Gabelli & Company in Rye, NY. While at Gabelli, he was awarded second place in the 2010 Financial Times / StarMine Top Analyst Awards for the Engineering & Construction space. Prior to his time with Gabelli, he completed summer internships with Deutsche Bank on the foreign exchange trading desk in New York and in fixed income sales in Frankfurt. A native of Germany, Ihle received his Bachelor in Finance and Management from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2004 and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami in 2006. He has been a CFA Charterholder since 2010 and is currently a member of the CFA Institute and the Stamford CFA Society. He holds FINRA 7, 24, 63, 86 and 87 registrations.

Recent Interviews

Investing in mining equities can get rather complicated but Heiko Ihle, managing director at H.C. Wainwright & Co., says precious metals equity investors need to focus on just three criteria: jurisdiction, management and asset viability. In this interview with The Gold Report, he explains his rationale and discusses several of his preferred gold and silver names.

Heiko Ihle, senior research analyst at Euro Pacific Capital, wants to warn investors and companies about the perils of "pawnshop lending"Śpredatory lending scenarios that many junior miners find themselves in as a result of the current commodity price climate, the overall financing climate, lack of interest from the buy side and incremental deals. In this interview with The Gold Report, Ihle outlines some alternative financing options and describes the three things he looks for in junior miners at the start of 2014.

These are scary times for precious metal investors. Resource equities are in the tank and, adding insult to injury, the gold price took a precipitous fall just days before summer, notoriously one of the slowest seasons for precious metals. Heiko Ihle, an analyst with Euro Pacific Capital in Connecticut, tells The Gold Report that something has to give. And soon. Ihle sets out a likely scenario and highlights some miners that are able to produce profitably at current metals prices.

Recent Quotes

"We view the MAG-Fresnillo partnership as symbiotic and constructive."